#106B8D#106B8D

#106B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.094 H 230.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#106B8D
RGBrgb(16, 107, 141)
HSLhsl(196, 80%, 31%)
HSVhsv(196, 89%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(88.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(42.07, -12.11, -25.64)
CIE-LCHlch(42.07, 28.36, 244.71°)
OKLaboklab(49.53% -0.0603 -0.0723)
OKLCHoklch(49.53% 0.094 230.2)
XYZxyz(10.2771, 12.5473, 27.0743)
Luminance0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#106B8D #8D3210
analogous
#108D70 #106B8D #102C8D
triadic
#106B8D #8D106B #6B8D10
tetradic
#106B8D #70108D #8D3210 #2C8D10
square
#106B8D #70108D #8D3210 #2C8D10
split-complementary
#106B8D #8D102C #8D7010
monochromatic
#04181F #0A4156 #106B8D #1695C4 #30B6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98
#106B8D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51
#106B8D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #106B8D
5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##106B8D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##106B8D1.005.983.515.98
#FFFFFF5.981.0021.001.00
#0000003.5121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.981.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#59698F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4A5E8D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007476
Achromatopsia (no color)
#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #106b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(16, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.094 230.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6995ae',
    500: '#106b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #106b8d;
$custom-light: #6995ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#106b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 16,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49532,
    "c": 0.09416,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#106B8D
secondary
#C25D37
accent
#6732F6
background
#F6F9FA
surface
#ECF1F4
border
#C7CBCE
text
#070D10
muted
#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #106B8D

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#106B8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva